NVIDIA is not particularly well known for robotics, but that’s about to change. As of just a few weeks ago, NVIDIA has established a shiny new robotics research lab in Seattle, within an easy stroll of the University of Washington. The NVIDIA AI Robotics Research Lab is led by Dieter Fox, a professor of computer science and engineering at UW, and will eventually grow to house “close to 50 research scientists, faculty visitors, and student interns.” NVIDIA’s goal is to help robots make the difficult transition from working in the lab just long enough to publish a paper to working out in the real world in a reliable and useful way.